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[spryng]

The plague is gone from me, dutifully passed on to a coworker, who has now passed it on to another coworker, as the chain of plague dictates. In retrospect, I probably should've taken all of the first half of last week off instead of splitting it up, but of course, too late now.

It's cold. When September ended, it really ended, and now it's been just shy of 44 degrees every morning this week. 42 this morning. It's warmer downtown than it is up here, though, and for some reason they still keep the office around 76, so I only have those fifteen minutes it takes to walk to the bus stop and wait for the bus to dress for. Still, I've gone through almost all of my ways of dressing warm and I don't really know how to dress warmer. Just what do you do about the legs? Really? It seems like everyone just wears one layer of pants and then fifteen layers of shirt. How does that make sense?

Finished watching the last chapter of the Graveyard Book last night, courtesy of Neil Gaiman's blog. If you're at any way a fan of Neil Gaiman (or you like free things), he has all of his latest book via video feeds from his tour up on his blog. Plus, he's very good at reading aloud. I liked it, but the last chapter felt a bit out of place after the rest of it. And a little rushed. And maybe a mite unrealistic, but it is a children's story, so I can forgive that. Maybe. xp The rest of it is well worth a listen (and a little bit of a watch, because hey, it's Neil). Go to!

Um. Work is getting more intense as our backlog finally catches up to us. I have lackeys, new temps they put all in one room together, whom I visit and administer help and rally for the eventual revolution. I mean, what? It's cute though - I've been the teacher for most of them, so they keep listening to me like I know something. Plus it really puts in perspective how far I've come since my first days there. I still wouldn't want to work here for very long, but it's nice having a full workload and learning more important things instead of sitting around stuffing envelopes like they get to do when there's nothing else to do. At least I can feel like what I'm doing is important, even though I'm little more than a paper pusher.

This year off has put many things in perspective for me. So far.

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[nani.livejournal.com]

Layering. Layering layering layering. I find that even though skirts over pants isn't the most fashionable way to function, it's a pretty damn warm system and my preferred method of keeping my legs warm. If all else fails, invest in tights or long johns that you can wear underneath your clothes.

I don't get the single-layer of pants and then fifteen shirts thing either. I generally have at least two layers of each when it's really cold out. Also, I really love my shawls in the winter. Head covering, extra shoulder coverage, impromptu and highly decorate scarf... There's nothing they can't do! I can even tie them around my waist and keep my thighs warm they, for some reason, get really really cold.

I was waiting in the rain yesterday afternoon after work to catch the bus, and for a fleeting moment I ACTUALLY though it might sleet. Nooo! I'm not ready for slush yet! Give me another month!

[teawitch.livejournal.com]

Long underwear! Or thicker pants. I have actually worn two pairs of pants before (can only be accomplished by wearing a tight pair under a baggier pair), but generally I save that desperate move for when it's 20 below zero. But long underwear is the best solution, although I don't resort to it until it's about 10 degrees out, maybe. And even then it kinda annoys me. I can't imagine layering the bottom half when it's 44 out. That's like, sweater or light coat weather. o_O But then again I have acclimated to a climate where after six months of winter I go out in short sleeves when it's 32 degrees and it feels warm out.

[ministerofgrace.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, being in Florida and all, but on cold days/when I spent the night in the airport I wore leggings under my pants and a double layer of socks. Regular socks with big fuzzy ones over them. I also eventually put my other pair of jeans on as well. Mmm. Warmth.

Grats on not having the plague anymore!

Underlings! Whee!

[spryng.livejournal.com]

OMG, did you notice the hail yesterday?? It hailed by us around noon for what, three minutes. Gumball-sized pieces of hail, not very substantial, though. It was so weird.
I'm on the verge of pulling out the skirts over pants thing, because I've got but one pair of comfortable pants and many skirts, but most of my skirts are insubstantial. I've been keeping an eye out for tights, since that's what a few people around town seem to wear under their skirts when it gets chilly.
How cold does it get to sleet? Is sleet that thing in-between snow and rain? Wow, I have never felt so southern.

[spryng.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yes, remember I'm acclimated to pulling out the winter-wear when it dips below 70. Although I'm definitely down with short sleeves in the 50s. It's just when it's breezy and dark and 45 and early morning it somehow feels a lot colder. o.O
I doubt I'll have to worry about wearing two pairs of pants, but maybe I should invest in thicker ones. These are awfully thin and let the wind right through them. ;.;

[spryng.livejournal.com]

>> I've already doubled up my socks.
Leggings are definitely a good idea.
Also! We got your letter today. ^-^
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[nani.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't see the hail! I guess it didn't come far enough south. I'm not surprised, given how freaking cold it was.
Yeah, tights are a good investment under skirts. Under pants, too, actually when it's really shitty out.
And yeah, sleet is just unmotivated snow (or hyper-motivated rain, for that matter). It's this horrible slushy stuff that's super wet and cold and gloopy. I mean, snow you can kind of brush off to some extent. Sleet just seeps into you.
Seriously, though, get thee to Value Village for pants! It's a second-hand store and it's AWESOME! But there's like approximately 60,000 second-hand stores in Seattle so check all of them out and get some really cheap pants. Even an unsubstantial skirt is shockingly insulating over a pair of pants.